ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next Balavihar class will be on December 4th at the Cafeteria at Cross Roads Middle School.
Please bring in a set of crayons; scissors, and glue stick every class for craft.
Please click on http://chinmayavrindavan.org/ for details and updates on the upcoming events.
Hari Om.
Prayers: ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Stretches, Lion Pose, Turtle Pose, Butterfly Pose, and Tree Pose
Shlokas:
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
श्री राम राम रामेती - SrI rAma rAma rAmeti
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
नन्दलाला यदुनन्दलाला - nandalAlA yadunandalAlA
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Krishna kaho peete bhi Krishna kaho
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Jaya Jaya Devi
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2
Art project: Krishna puppet
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Radha and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story segment: The story of Krishna and Govardhana Mountain
End of class:
सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: Today was a surprisingly a nice warm fall morning. It was good to see all the kids and parents after two weeks. The kids seem to be settling in well and getting used to our class routine.
We started our class as usual with chanting Om three times. We then did our yoga stretches. We did lot of fun stretches and even did a Butterfly pose. It was lovely to see the kids fluttering like beautiful little butterflies. After being butterflies, we exercised our voices and roared like the lion in our Lion pose.
After Yoga, it was time for Shlokas. The kids loved to help lead the Shlokas. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we started with Bhajans. The kids were eager with their requests. Today we decided to try remembering Krishna in whatever we do. We even switched खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho to khaate bhi Krishna kaho. We had lots of fun with this and got really creative. Then it was Gita chanting time. We learnt the second verse of chapter 12. We are going to keep practicing our verses.
Today at craft time we made Krishna puppets. The kids decorated their Krishnas beautifully. After working hard on their craft, it was snack time. Radha and her family brought in snack for the entire class. During snack we spoke about Thanksgiving, which is coming up next week. Kids and parents shared their Thanksgiving traditions and the reasons they are thankful for this year.
After snack we counted to 10 in Sanskrit and got ready for Story time. Today we heard the story of Krishna and and the Govardhana Mountain and tried to tie in thanksgiving traditions of “Vridavan”. After the story Krishna came to play with us. We enjoyed a fun game of ‘Krishna Vadhathi’. We got to learn some new words in Sanskrit. It was lots of fun.
We ended out class with the closing Shlokas.
